Mississippi Vulnerable Adult Protections

The Vulnerable Adult Unit investigates and prosecutes persons who abuse, neglect, or exploit a vulnerable adult residing in a private home. A vulnerable adult as a person, whether a minor or adult whose ability to perform the normal activities of daily living is impaired due to a mental, emotional, physi￼cal or developmental disability or dysfunction, or brain damage or the infirmities of aging. For more information and to contact the Vulnerable Adult Unit, click here: http://www.ago.state.ms.us/divisions/vulnerable-adult-unit/

Social Security

Social Security is a government insurance program funded by employee and employer contributions. People receive benefits when they retire, become disabled, or are the surviving dependents of a person who contributed to Social Security. For more general information about Social Security, read this article by The Mississippi Bar: https://www.msbar.org/for-the-public/consumer-information/social-security/

Complaints of abuse or neglect of patients living in health care facilities, such as nursing homes or personal care homes, should be reported to the Medicaid Fraud Unit of the Attorney General’s Office at (601) 359-4220 or toll free 800-852-8341.

If you feel like you have been discriminated against in renting or buying a home, getting a mortgage, seeking housing assistance or engaging in other housing-related activities, you can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. https://www.hud.gov/program_offices/fair_housing_equal_opp

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